Targets and Milestones. Comparing the relative performance of different groups to the over or under- representation within the institution and taking into account our current performance in our Access Agreement milestones, areas for particular focus include: Low Participating Neighbourhoods; Low income groups; Target groups to include gender, disability and care leavers; Black and minority ethnic (BME) group attainment; Completion rates. As a result of the analysis of our performances, our access, success and progression interventions will concentrate on the following: Continuation of involvement in collaborative outreach activity via the KMPF and the Kent and Medway Collaborative Network (KMCNet) as part of the National Network for Collaborative Outreach (NNCO); Recognition of the importance of carefully targeted activity; The use of serial rather than one-off interventions; The importance of long-term outreach to include the whole student lifecycle; The helpfulness of Higher Education Access Tracker (HEAT) for evaluating the impact of interventions; The importance of a whole institution approach; The importance of student attendance monitoring; Ease of access to information and student welfare support; An increasing emphasis on evaluation of activities across the student lifecycle; Accessibility of employability advice and support. Given our relatively strong record to date for widening access and student success, most of the targets seek to maintain, and where possible improve, this performance within a more challenging financial environment. Such targets may be especially challenging and stretching in relation to the access of those from Low Participating Neighbourhoods (LPNs), given the demographic decline in the number of young people (aged 18-21) in the population and the University’s already high recruitment levels from these groups. We have removed the University’s NS-SEC target in response to the UK Performance Indicator Steering Group announcement that HESA will no longer be publishing the NS-SEC indicator after 2016. As we already have LPN and Household Income targets in place we shall not be replacing this target with an alternative. We have reviewed our success targets and added new progression targets for 2017. There was a concern in the institution that our internal reporting did not allow for national and regionally adjusted benchmark comparison. We have therefore made the following adjustments to our success targets: Non-continuation two years following year of ...
Targets and Milestones. You may choose to develop specific additional targets and milestones which assess your performance in ITT over time – particularly if ITT trainees make up a significant proportion of your overall student body. Alternatively, you may have targets and milestones in your existing 2012-13 access agreement which you now also wish to apply to undergraduate and/or postgraduate ITT trainees. These targets may be statistical – based on how representative your entrants are and/or your retention performance – and might include annual or interim milestones to help you monitor whether you are making progress. You may wish to include criteria around the numbers of trainees in receipt of a full or partial maintenance grant, as financial data will need to be collected to determine bursary support and the data will also be accessible through the Student Loans Company for HEBSS subscribers. You may also wish to consider the TDA guidance at Annex C which gives information on specific groups that are underrepresented in the teaching profession. In this section, please state whether you intend to develop additional targets and milestones, or the extent to which you intend to use targets and milestones in your existing agreement which you now wish to extend to apply to undergraduate and/or postgraduate ITT trainees. Where you have new or amended milestones and targets, you should set these out in your Excel template (Annex B) at Table 6. For 2012-13, postgraduate ITT students have not been included in the milestones and targets in the Access Agreement. However, the College is working to develop relevant ITT targets in line with current retention figures for its 2013-14 submission.
Targets and Milestones. You may choose to develop specific additional targets and milestones which assess your performance in ITT over time – particularly if ITT trainees make up a significant proportion of your overall student body. Alternatively, you may have targets and milestones in your existing 2012-13 access agreement which you now also wish to apply to undergraduate and/or postgraduate ITT trainees. These targets may be statistical – based on how representative your entrants are and/or your retention performance – and might include annual or interim milestones to help you monitor whether you are making progress. You may wish to include criteria around the numbers of trainees in receipt of a full or partial maintenance grant, as financial data will need to be collected to determine bursary support and the data will also be accessible through the Student Loans Company for HEBSS subscribers. You may also wish to consider the TDA guidance at Annex C which gives information on specific groups that are underrepresented in the teaching profession. In this section, please state whether you intend to develop additional targets and milestones, or the extent to which you intend to use targets and milestones in your existing agreement which you now wish to extend to apply to undergraduate and/or postgraduate ITT trainees. Where you have new or amended milestones and targets, you should set these out in your Excel template (Annex B) at Table 6. Three new additional targets and milestones are included for ITT trainees. These relate to: Maintaining the BME proportion across all UG and PG programmes amongst new entrants; Increasing the proportion of male primary trainees amongst new entrants; Annex A Increasing the proportion of new entrants coming from non-traditional entry routes, including Access to Primary/ HE routes.
Targets and Milestones. In line with our current position, we will maintain our current completion rate and, as a minimum, will aim to maintain our levels of mature and part time students as shown in Annex B. We will continue to review learner feedback and will monitor student profiles as at present.
Targets and Milestones. 7.1 The University will continue to encourage applications from well-qualified applicants from groups that are currently under-represented and to admit a greater proportion of them within the framework of our admissions policy and without compromising entry standards. Experience demonstrates that outreach activity (particularly that focussed on younger age groups, as advocated in OFFA guidance) will not be reflected in the composition of the student population for some years.
Targets and Milestones. 2.4.1 The Director shall do all in his power to achieve the targets and milestones indicated in the municipal IDP, SDBIP and Performance Management System.
Targets and Milestones. Summary Over the period covered by this Access Agreement the University will focus its activities to address areas where we seek to maintain or improve performance in what will be an untested environment We will enhance our capacity to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of our activities to ensure an evidence based approach to future investment Over the period covered by this Access Agreement the University will focus its activities to address areas where we seek to maintain or improve performance in what will be an untested environment. We have set the following targets, in collaboration with the Students’ Union, to promote the inclusion of under-represented in higher education: Students from state schools: 5% above LAB Students from low participation neighbourhoods: marginally exceed the LAB Students from lower socio-economic groups (N-SEC 4-7): marginally exceed the LAB Students from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds: Improve from 10.5% to 13.5% Students in receipt of DSA: meet or exceed LAB It should be noted that when setting milestones there are a number of contextual factors that create additional challenges. 75% of the current home students the University recruits come from locations that are no more than two counties away from Hampshire, for example Berkshire, Dorset, Devon, East Sussex, Somerset, Surrey, West Sussex, Wiltshire. The impact of recruiting from these relatively affluent areas can be seen in the University’s performance in the HESA Performance Indicator for entrants from SEC backgrounds 4-7 and low participation neighbourhoods. We have therefore set what we believe to be a stretching target for both of these indicators. Annual milestones have been set for these targets (Annexe B, Table 5a refers). These will be monitored on an annual basis and reported by the University Executive Group and University Council in our WP Strategic Assessment.
Targets and Milestones. The College constantly reviews and evaluates its current position within the sector. With this in mind, it has set targets that focus on areas for improvement, which stretch and challenge the College, and targets that are in line with OFFA’s strategic plan 2015-2020. Therefore, targets are set that encompass all aspects of the students’ life cycle with the aim to improve and maintain student access, success and progression. The use of milestone targets to measure progress and evaluate performance will be either on a yearly cycle or through interim reviews. Access target Overall in 2013-14, the percentage of degree learners attending the College from Low Participation Neighbourhoods (LPN), classified by POLAR3 as quintile 1, was 61%. This figure is 4% higher than the sector average for all FECs. However, the number of young (18–25) entrants is significantly lower than the proportion of older ‘second chance learners’, with only 33% of LPN learners being under 25 years old. Therefore, the College has set a target to increase access for young, full time, undergraduate entrants from LPN to 55% by 2021. The College will encourage applications to higher education through outreach activities that are focused on raising aspirations and attainment among potential applications from LPN. There are twelve local areas of LPN that are classified as quintile 1 (POLAR3) within the College’s demographic. The College will engage in opportunities to visit Primary and Secondary schools in LPN, as well as summer school taster days, which will contribute to raising access. The internal progression of WMC level 3 students aged 18-25 from LPN will also be raised and supported through specific Information, Advice and Guidance activities. The College, in partnership with other HEIs, participates in HEFCE’s MNCO aspiration-raising activities across the region. Part of this collaboration with MNCO includes a project created, planned and implemented by the College that features sustained and co-ordinated activities in LPNs (POLAR3 quintile 1 areas). Progress on this target will be measured and evaluated on a yearly cycle using widening participation indicators in line with HEFCE UK performance indicators. Student success target The College has set a target to reduce non- continuation rates for all full-time students from LPN (POLAR3, quintile 1) from 14% to 6% by 2021. This will be achieved through the implementation of a Student Mentor scheme that will offer social support and signpos...
Targets and Milestones. 6.1 The University’s Widening Participation Strategic Assessment, to which this Access Agreement is an appendix, notes the importance of monitoring success through achievements against the HESA Performance Indicators, supplemented by targets for the rates of application and offer to non- traditional learners, and overall student satisfaction ratings for those in receipt of support.
Targets and Milestones. The University is committed to: Consistently out-performing the national average on a range of widening participation indicators: ethnicity, state school attendance, percentage of students from socio- economic groups 4,5,6 and 7 Consistently meeting the national average rate for non-continuation Consistently meeting the national average rate for employment Targets and milestones will be developed to reflect these priorities. Details are included in the attached template.
